Trump neither confirms nor denies US will strike Iranian infrastructure

Published June 10, 2026 Updated June 10, 2026 09:15pm

When asked if the US would attack bridges and infrastructure in Iran, President Donald Trump neither confirms nor denies that he will, but says he can and reiterates that he has the strongest military in the world.

“We have the strongest military anywhere in the world, and sometimes you’ll have to use it,” he tells reporters in the Oval Office, reiterating that Tehran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

“They’ve agreed to that, all they have to do is start signing a paper,” he adds. “We have a fully-negotiated [agreement] but they’re tapping and tapping and I say ‘let’s give them a couple more days’; they’re tapping because it’s a meaningful paper.”

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